Boring-tool



(No Model.)

J. B. KING.

BORING TOOL. No. 552,065. Patented Dec. 24, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH l3. KING, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BORING-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 'o 552,065, datedDecember 24, 1895.

Application filed May 26, 1893; Serial No. 475,65 2. "No modelo To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. KING, of Philadelphia, in the State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBoring-Tools, whereof the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure 1 represents a side View of the tool; Fig. 2, aperspective view thereof; Fig. 3, an end view. Fig. l is an end view ofthe head with the bit or drill proper removed, and Fig. 5 is atransverse section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

My invention relates to that class of boringtools in which the bit ordrill proper is carried bya head provided at its front end with a socketto receive said bit, and also provided with longitudinalclearance-channels extending rearwardly from the front or cutting facesof the bit on opposite sides of the axis of'rotation.

The object of my invention is to so con-.

of the clearance-grooves and score the surface of the cavity. To thisend I construct the head of substantially smaller diameter thanthewidthof the bit, and combine with the head a series of longitudinalradially-proj ecting strips of relatively soft metal, arranged atintervals around the periphery, and I also provide, along that face ofeach clearance groove which corresponds with the front face of the biton that side of the axis, a facingplate of hard steel extending radiallyoutward to the full diameter of the bit and flush with the front facethereof.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the boring-bar, having at itsfront end a tapered cavity to receive theshank B of the head 0.

- Said shank is provided with a spline b, which engages in acorresponding groove in the side of the cavity in the boring-bar, andthe shank .is locked against longitudinal withdrawal by means of a pin Bextending through a transversehole in the boring-bar and a correspondinghole B in the shank. The bit or drill proper D, of slightly greaterwidth than the diameter of the head, is seated in a rectangular cavity(7 formed diametrically across the front end of the head 0, and ispreferably secured in position by means of screws d d. The cutting-edgeof thedrill is also preferably provided with a series of notches D,which serve to break up the chips or cuttings, said notches beingarranged to alternate on opposite sides of the axis, so that acutting-edge is presented on one side of the axis at the same radialdistance at which a notch is found Facing-plates G G of hard-steel aresecured by screws 9 along those faces of the respectiveclearance-grooves E and E which correspond with the cutting or frontface of the bit on either side of the axis of rotation, the diameter ofthese strips being .such that their outer edges are in line with thesides of the bit, and their thickness being such as to render theirfront faces flush with the front faces of the bit on either side of theaxis.

The'outer edges of the strips G G extend therefore to the full diameterof the hole which has been bored, and form. in effect prolongations ofthe sides of the bit carried rearwardly to the end of the head.

At regular intervals around the periphery of the head-are formedlongitudinal grooves fi whose sides are undercut, as indicated, so

as togive adovetailed cross-section. These grooves receive and holdstrips F, preferably of magnolia metal or other relatively soft metal,or even of wood, whose thickness in a radial direction is such that theyextend outward to the full diameter of \thebit D, and thus formbearing-surfaces always in contact too h with the sides of the cavitywhich has been.-

bored. Said strips are of course inserted longitudinally in the groovesandcan be re' moved for renewal when desired.

Coincident with the axis of the head is a tubular channel I terminatingatthe front end of the head in two divergent gutters 1' 1', formedrespectively in the sides of the cavity which receives the bit I). Atthe rear end of the shank said channel coincides with the front end of achannel 1 formed in the boring-bar and extending outward, as shown,'tothe side thereof. The purpose of this channel is to supplyoil at thepoint of operation of the drill as desired. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A boring tool having ahead with longi tudinal channels on opposite sides, and a central recessat one end, and a bit secured in said recess and bearing on its oppositesides against the sides in said channel, the periphery of said headhaving reduced portions, and projecting guide portions adjacent to saidchannels, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. A boring tool consisting of a head with longitudinal channels onopposite sides and a central recess, the periphery of the head beingreduced, and longitudinally extending, projecting guide port-ionsadjacent to the said channels, and the reduced portions being providedwith longitudinal pieces F, said parts being combined substantially asdescribed.

J. 1 RING. Witnesses:

.TAMEs II. BELL, E. REESE.

